2027 Internship – Core Operations Engineer

Virtu Careers; Singapore; On-site; SGD 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily Breakfast

Lunch Allowance

Transport Allowance

Onsite Gym & Workout Classes

Massage Sessions

Social Events

Job summary

Virtu Financial in Singapore offers a 10-week Core Operations Engineer internship designed to expose students to a fast-paced electronic trading environment. You will help deploy, maintain, and enhance a sophisticated trading system across global venues.

Requirements include rising juniors ready for full-time employment, excellent Linux skills, and proficiency in Python, Bash, Perl or Go. Strong communication and a solid academic record are essential; familiarity with finance is a plus.

Qualifications

• Rising juniors, or students expected to be ready for full-time employment between December 2027 - June 2028.
• Excellent working knowledge of Linux environments.
• Competence in at least one programming language – preferably Python / Bash / Perl / Go or similar.
• Ability to be cool under pressure and at ease in high-stress, time-sensitive environments.
• Interest in high transaction environments and/or low-latency systems.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong academic record
• Technical agility; interest in innovative technologies

Responsibilities

• Site Reliability/Core Operations Engineers operate at a high level in a Linux environment to solve complex technical problems and work with traders and exchanges to understand market micro-structure.
• Interns will work on deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of a sophisticated electronic trading system operating on hundreds of venues around the world.
• You’ll work alongside our senior team on challenging Core Operations projects with mentors throughout the summer program.

Skills

Linux

Programming languages

Communication skills

Strong academic record

Pressure handling

Education

Pursuing degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Salt

SQL

Networking (TCP/UDP)

Job description

Virtu is an industry-leading financial technology firm that operates both proprietary trading and client-facing businesses in the global financial marketplace. Our cutting edge, proprietary technology is core to everything we do. We trade in over 35 countries, across 235 financial exchanges and over 25% of retail order flow in the US.is serviced by Virtu.

Our team is a dedicated group of traders, quants and developers that are inspired by the unique and exciting challenges we solve every day. Our culture combines the creativity of a fast paced start up, with the stability of a disciplined financial services firm. We are a flat organization and encourage our people to innovate and lean on their teammates for support and collaboration. We have fun, work hard and strive to be virtuous in all we do.

Core Operations Engineer Internship (Singapore)

Virtu’s internship program offers students an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the firm and the world’s financial markets. We have built a thoughtful and challenging curriculum that introduces students to all aspects of Virtu’s business through a company-curated global training week, real world development projects to complete and engaging social events to get to know our team and culture.

• Location: Singapore
• Dates: 10 week program, starting June 7th 2027- August 13th 2027 (with some flexibility if needed).
• Training: Ongoing training throughout the summer and a training week held in Singapore.
• Projects: Real problems to solve throughout the program. Interns will work from a list of projects and have several senior mentors throughout the summer program.
• Perks
• Daily Breakfast
• Lunch Allowance
• Transport Allowance
• Onsite Gym & Workout Classes
• Massage Sessions
• Social Events

Our Site Reliability/Core Operations Engineers operate at a high-level in a Linux environment to solve complex technical problems and work with traders and exchanges to understand market micro-structure. A strong interest in technology and the markets is a must. This is a unique internship opportunity to become an integral part of a fast-paced electronic trading environment.

As an intern, you will complete a variety of challenging Core Operations projects. You’ll work alongside our senior team in managing the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of a sophisticated electronic trading system operating on hundreds of venues around the world. This is a rare opportunity for students to learn first hand about our external trading connections, counter party support to risk management and system triage/optimization.

REQUIREMENTS

• Rising juniors, or students expected to be ready for full time employment between December 2027 - June 2028
• Excellent working knowledge of Linux environments
• Competence in at least one programming language – preferably Python / Bash / Perl / Go or similar.
• Ability to be cool under pressure and at ease in high-stress, time-sensitive environments
• Interest in high transaction environments and/or low-latency systems.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong academic record
• Technical agility; interest in innovative technologies

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Working with financial systems or knowledge of the global financial market place
• Experience with SQL
• Experience with configuration management platforms (i.e. Ansible, Puppet or Salt)
• Knowledge of networking, both TCP and UDP

Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.